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EXHIBIT 10.76
EXECUTION COPY
[Published CUSIP Number:
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 2006
among
SPANSION LLC,
as the Borrower,
SPANSION INC.,
as a Guarantor,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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1.01
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Defined Terms
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Other Interpretive Provisions
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Accounting Terms
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Rounding
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Times of Day
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Currency Equivalents Generally
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ARTICLE II
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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The Loans
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Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of
Loans
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Prepayments
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Termination or Reduction of
Commitments
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Repayment of Loans
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Interest
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Fees
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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Evidence of Debt
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Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s
Clawback
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Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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ARTICLE III
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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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Taxes
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Illegality
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Inability to Determine Rates
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Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate
Loans
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Compensation for Losses
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of
Lenders
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Survival
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ARTICLE IV
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
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Conditions to all Credit Extensions
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TABLE OF
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Existence, Qualification and Power
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Authorization; No Contravention
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Governmental Authorization; Other
Consents
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Binding Effect
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Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect;
No Internal Control Event
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Litigation
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No Default
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Ownership of Property; Liens;
Investments
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Environmental Compliance
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Insurance
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Taxes
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ERISA Compliance
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53
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Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan
Parties
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Margin Regulations; Investment Company
Act
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Disclosure
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Compliance with Laws
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Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc
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Solvency
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Casualty, Etc
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Labor Matters
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Broker’s Fees
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Financial Statements
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Certificates; Other Information
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Notices
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Payment of Obligations
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Preservation of Existence, Etc
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TABLE OF
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Maintenance of Properties
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Maintenance of Insurance
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Compliance with Laws
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Books and Records
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Inspection Rights
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Use of Proceeds
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Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give
Security
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Compliance with Environmental Laws
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Preparation of Environmental Reports
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Further Assurances
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Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds
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Interest Rate Hedging
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Lien Searches
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Material Contracts
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Designation as Senior Debt
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Liens
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Indebtedness
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Investments
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Fundamental Changes
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Dispositions
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Restricted Payments
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Change in Nature of Business
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Burdensome Agreements
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Use of Proceeds
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Financial Covenants
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Capital Expenditures
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Amendments of Organization Documents
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77
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Accounting Changes
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TABLE OF
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(continued)
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Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness
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78
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Amendment, Etc. of High Yield Notes Documents and
other Indebtedness
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78
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Holding Company
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Designation of Senior Debt
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Capital Structure
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Events of Default
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Remedies upon Event of Default
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Application of Funds
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Appointment and Authority
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Rights as a Lender
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Exculpatory Provisions
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Reliance by Administrative Agent
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Delegation of Duties
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Resignation of Administrative Agent
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders
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No Other Duties, Etc
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters
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CONTINUING GUARANTY
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Guaranty
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Rights of Lenders
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Certain Waivers
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Obligations Independent
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Subrogation
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Termination; Reinstatement
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Subordination
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Stay of Acceleration
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Condition of Borrower
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Additional Guarantor Waivers and
Agreements
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89
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MISCELLANENOUS
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90
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Amendments, Etc
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Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic
Communications
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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Payments Set Aside
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Successors and Assigns
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Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality
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100
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Right of Setoff
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101
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Interest Rate Limitation
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Counterparts; Effectiveness
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101
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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102
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Severability
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102
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Replacement of Lenders
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102
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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Time of the Essence
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT
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Form of
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A
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Committed Loan Notice
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B
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Note
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Compliance Certificate
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D
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Assignment and Assumption
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Guaranty
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Security Agreement
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Mortgage
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Reserved
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I-1
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Opinion Matters – Counsel to Loan
Parties
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Opinion Matters – Local Counsel to Loan
Parties
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Joinder Agreement
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K
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Intercreditor Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (" Agreement ") is entered into as
of November 1, 2006, among SPANSION LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the " Borrower "), SPANSION INC., a
Delaware corporation (" Holdings "), each lender from time
to time party hereto (collectively, the " Lenders " and
individually, a " Lender "), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent.
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
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The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan
facility, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
" Account Control Agreements " has the meaning specified
in the Security Agreement.
" Accounts " means all of the Borrower’s now owned
or hereafter acquired or arising accounts, as defined in the UCC,
including any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or
rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by
performance.
" Accounts Receivable " means, at any date of
determination, the difference of (a) the gross amount of
Accounts originated and owned by the Borrower on the date of
such determination arising from fully consummated unconditional
sales in the ordinary course of business to Persons who are not
Affiliates of the Borrower with respect to which no more than 90
days have elapsed since the date of the original invoice therefor
or which is no more than 60 days past due and which have not been
determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to be
uncollectible for any reason less (b) sales, excise or
similar taxes, and less returns, discounts, claims, credits and
allowances, accrued rebates, offsets, deductions, counterclaims,
disputes and other defenses of any nature at any time issued,
owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with respect to
such Accounts.
" Acquisition " by any Person, means the purchase or
acquisition in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions by any such Person, individually or, together with its
Affiliates, of (a) any Equity Interest of any other Person
(other than an existing Subsidiary of the Borrower) which are
sufficient such that such other Person becomes a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) all or a substantial portion
of the property, including, without limitation, all or a
substantial portion of the property comprising a division, business
unit or line of business, of any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Borrower), whether involving a merger or
consolidation with such other Person. " Acquire " has a
meaning correlative thereto.
" Administrative Questionnaire " means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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" Affiliate " means, with respect to any
Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
" Aggregate Commitments " means the Commitments of all
the Lenders.
" Aggregate Credit Exposures " means, at any time, the
aggregate amount of the Loans outstanding at such time.
" Agreement " means this Credit Agreement.
" AMD " means Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
" Applicable Percentage " means with respect to any
Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth
decimal place) of the Facility represented by (a) on or prior
to the Funding Date, such Lender’s Commitment at such time
and (b) thereafter, the principal amount of such
Lender’s Loans at such time. The initial Applicable
Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable.
" Applicable Rate " means the applicable percentage per
annum set forth below determined by reference to S&P’s
corporate credit rating of Holdings and Moody’s corporate
family rating of Holdings (the " Ratings "):
Applicable Rate
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Pricing
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Ratings
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Eurodollar
Rate
Loans
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Base
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Loans
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Less than B by S&P or Less than B2 by
Moody’s
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3.00
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2.00
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B or better by S&P and B2 or better by
Moody’s
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2.75
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1.75
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; provided , that if only one or no Rating
is issued, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply.
" Appropriate Lender " means, at any time, with respect
to the Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to
such Facility or holds a Loan at such time.
" Approved Fund " means any Fund that is administered or
managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or
(c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or
manages a Lender.
" Arranger " means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its
capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager.
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" Assignee Group " means two or more
Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or
more Approved Funds managed by the same investment
advisor.
" Assignment and Assumption " means an assignment and
assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with
the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 11.06(b) , and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other
form approved by the Administrative Agent.
" Attributable Indebtedness " means, on any date,
(a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the
capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP,
(b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the
capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under
the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that
would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such
date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or
instrument were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease and
(c) all Synthetic Debt of such Person.
" Audited Financial Statements " means the audited
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ended December 25, 2005, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
" Bank of America " means Bank of America, N.A. and its
successors.
" Base Rate " means for any day a fluctuating rate per
annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate
plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect
for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of
America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank
of America based upon various factors including Bank of
America’s costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such
announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
" Base Rate Loan " means a Loan that bears interest based
on the Base Rate.
" Borrower " has the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
" Borrower Materials " has the meaning specified in
Section 6.02 .
" Borrowing " means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar
Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01 .
" Business Day " means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to
close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where
the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which
dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in
the London interbank eurodollar market.
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" Capital Expenditures " means all
payments due (whether or not paid during any fiscal period) in
respect of the cost of any fixed asset or improvement, or
replacement, substitution, or addition thereto, which has a useful
life of more than one year, including, without limitation, those
costs arising in connection with the direct or indirect acquisition
of such asset by way of increased product or service charges or in
connection with a Capitalized Lease.
" Capitalized Leases " means all leases that have been or
should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized
leases.
" Cash Collateral Account " means a blocked, non-interest
bearing deposit account of one or more of the Loan Parties at Bank
of America in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the
sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and
otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
" Cash Equivalents " means any of the following types of
Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created
under the Collateral Documents and other Liens permitted
hereunder):
(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency
or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360
days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in
support thereof;
(b) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that
(i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the
laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a
bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States
of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a
member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the
parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in
clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, in each case with
maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(c) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the
laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at
least "Prime-1" (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s or at least "A-1" (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more
than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current
assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market
investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have
the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P,
and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of
the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a),
(b) and (c) of this definition;
(e) auction-rate preferred securities having a maturity of 28
days or less from the date of acquisition and a minimum rating of
AA by Standard and Poor’s or Aa2 by Moody’s;
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(f) United States Dollars or euros;
(g) obligations of any city, state or other subdivision of the
United States having a maturity of not more than 180 days from the
acquisition thereof and having a rating of at least "Prime-1" (or
the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least "A-1"
(or the then equivalent grade) by S&P;
(h) money market funds with assets of at least $5,000,000,000
whose investment objectives and guidelines closely match the credit
profiles of the above investments; and
(f) with respect to any Subsidiary not formed under the laws of,
or less than 50 percent of the assets of which are located in, the
United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof, substantially
similar Investments as those contained in clauses (a) through
(d) above, of comparable credit quality, denominated in the
currency of any jurisdiction where such Subsidiary does
business.
" Cash Management Agreement " means any agreement to
provide cash management services, including treasury, depository,
overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and
other cash management arrangements.
" Cash Management Bank " means any Person that, at the
time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash
Management Agreement.
" CERCLA " means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
" CERCLIS " means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
" CFC " means a Person that is a controlled foreign
corporation under Section 957 of the Code.
" Change in Law " means the occurrence, after the date of
this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or
taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any
change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) by any Governmental Authority.
" Change of Control " means an event or series of events
by which:
(a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but
excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its
subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as
trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan) other than the Equity Investors becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of
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1934), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of
the equity securities of Holdings entitled to vote for members of
the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdings on
a fully-diluted basis ( provided , however , that if
(i) the person or group acquires such equity securities in
connection with the acquisition by Holdings or a direct or indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings of all or substantially all of
the stock or all or any substantial portion of the assets of an
unaffiliated Person or any line or lines of business or division of
such Person and (ii) Holdings obtains a written opinion from
an Independent Financial Advisor to the effect that the
consideration to be paid in connection with such acquisition is
fair, from a financial point of view, to Holdings and/or any
relevant subsidiaries, then for purposes of this definition, "30%"
shall be replaced with "45%"); or
(b) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall
have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into
a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will
result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise,
directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management
or policies of Holdings, or control over the equity securities of
Holdings entitled to elect a majority of members of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of Holdings; or
(c) Holdings shall cease, directly or indirectly, to own and
control legally and beneficially all of the Equity Interests in the
Borrower; or
(d) a "change of control" or any comparable term under, and as
defined in, the Senior Notes Documents, the Debenture Documents or
the Revolving Credit Agreement shall have occurred (but only so
long as any such document or agreement remains in effect and only
to the extent not waived under any such document or agreement).
" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
" Collateral " means all of the " Collateral " and
" Mortgaged Property " referred to in the Collateral
Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended
under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens
in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
" Collateral Documents " means, collectively, the
Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Account Control Agreements,
the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement
Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other
similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 6.12 , and each of the other agreements,
instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien
in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
" Commitment " means, as to each Lender, its obligation
to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01
in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption "Commitment" or opposite
such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
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" Committed Loan Notice " means a notice
of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one
Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which, if in
writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
.
" Compliance Certificate " means a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
" Consolidated EBITDA " means, at any date of
determination, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most
recently completed Measurement Period plus (a) the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated
Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) the
provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes
payable, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense and
(iv) other expenses reducing such Consolidated Net Income
which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future
period (in each case of or by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for
such Measurement Period) and minus (b) the following to
the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits and
(ii) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (in
each case of or by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period). For the purpose of determining the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.03 .
" Consolidated Funded Indebtedness " means, as of any
date of determination, for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal
amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for
borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all
obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements
or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money
Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters
of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments,
(d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price
of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the
ordinary course of business), (e) all Attributable
Indebtedness, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with
respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in
clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the
types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is
itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the
Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer,
unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the
Borrower or such Subsidiary. For the purpose of determining the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness shall be calculated on a
Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1.03 .
" Consolidated Interest Charges " means, for any
Measurement Period, the sum of (a) all interest, premium
payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in
connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or
in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each
case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
(b) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued
operations and (c) the portion
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of rent expense under Capitalized Leases that is
treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case, of or by
Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most
recently completed Measurement Period. For the purpose of
determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Charges shall be
calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the provisions
of Section 1.03 .
" Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio " means, at any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to
(b) the Consolidated Interest Charges of or by Holdings and
its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement
Period.
" Consolidated Leverage Ratio " means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA.
" Consolidated Net Income " means, at any date of
determination, the net income (or loss) of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently
completed Measurement Period; provided that Consolidated Net
Income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary
losses for such Measurement Period, (b) the net income of any
Subsidiary during such Measurement Period to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
such Subsidiary of such income is not permitted by operation of the
terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument or
Law applicable to such Subsidiary during such Measurement Period,
except that Holdings’ equity in any net loss of any such
Subsidiary for such Measurement Period shall be included in
determining Consolidated Net Income, and (c) any income (or
loss) for such Measurement Period of any Person if such Person is
not a Subsidiary, except that Holdings’ equity in the net
income of any such Person for such Measurement Period shall be
included in Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of
cash actually distributed by such Person during such Measurement
Period to Holdings or a Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution
to a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not precluded from further
distributing such amount to Holdings as described in clause
(b) of this proviso). For the purpose of determining the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio, Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated on a Pro Forma
Basis in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.03
.
" Consolidated Parties " means Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries (regardless of whether or not consolidated with
Holdings for purposes of GAAP), collectively, and "Consolidated
Party" means any one of them.
" Consolidated Senior Secured Debt " means all
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
that is secured by a lien on any property of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries.
" Consolidated Total Assets " means, with respect to any
date of determination, the total consolidated assets shown on the
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP on the last day of the fiscal quarter prior to
the date of determination.
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" Contractual Obligation " means, as to
any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or
of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
" Control " means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise. " Controlling " and
" Controlled " have meanings correlative thereto.
" Credit Agreement Supplement " has the meaning specified
in Section 2.12(d).
" Credit Extension " means a Borrowing.
" Debenture Documents " means (i) the Debenture
Indenture, (ii) the Debentures, and (iii) all other
agreements, instruments and other documents pursuant to which the
Debentures were issued or otherwise setting forth the terms of the
Debentures.
" Debenture Indenture " means the Indenture, dated as of
June 12, 2006, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, Spansion
Technology Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
" Debentures " means the 2.25% Exchangeable Senior
Subordinated Debentures due 2016 in an original aggregate principal
amount of $180,000,000 issued and sold pursuant to the Debenture
Documents.
" Debt Rating " means, as of any date of determination,
the corporate family rating as determined by Moody’s and the
corporate credit rating as determined by S&P.
" Debtor Relief Laws " means the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights
of creditors generally.
" Default " means any event or condition that constitutes
an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the
passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
" Default Rate " means an interest rate equal to
(i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate,
if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Facility
plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided ,
however , that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate
(including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan
plus 2% per annum.
" Defaulting Lender " means any Lender that (a) has
failed to fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when
due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has
been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding.
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" Disclosed Litigation " has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.06 .
" Disposition " or " Dispose " means the sale,
transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale
and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person (or the
granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing),
including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or
without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights
and claims associated therewith.
" Dollar " and " $ " mean lawful money of the
United States.
" Domestic Subsidiary " means any Subsidiary that is
organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United
States.
" Eligible Assignee " means any Person that meets the
requirements to be an assignee under
Section 11.06(b)(iii) , (v) and
(vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be
required under Section 11.06(b)(iii) ).
" Environmental Laws " means any and all Federal, state,
local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions
relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the
release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and
discharges to waste or public systems.
" Environmental Liability " means any liability,
contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs
of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of
the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
" Environmental Lien " means a Lien in favor of any
Governmental Authority for (a) any liability under
Environmental Laws, or (b) damages arising from, or costs
incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to, a release
or threatened release of a Hazardous Material.
" Environmental Permit " means any permit, approval,
identification number, license or other authorization required
under any Environmental Law.
" Equity Interests " means, with respect to any Person,
all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other
rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares
of capital stock of (or
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other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other
interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in
such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such
shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
outstanding on any date of determination.
" Equity Investors " means AMD and Fujitsu.
" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974.
" ERISA Affiliate " means any trade or business (whether
or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within
the meaning of Section 4001(a) of ERISA or which is treated as
a single employer with the Borrower under Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code
for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).
" ERISA Event " means (a) a Reportable Event with
respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to
Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a
withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete
or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (e) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
" Eurodollar Rate " means, for any Interest Period with
respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the
British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (" BBA LIBOR
"), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source
providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the "Eurodollar Rate" for such Interest Period shall
be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be
the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day
of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount
of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by
Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period
would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period.
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" Eurodollar Rate Loan " means a Loan that
bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
" Event of Default " has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01 .
" Excess Cash Flow " means, for any fiscal year of the
Borrower, the excess (if any) of:
(a) the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year
plus (ii) extraordinary cash income, if any, business
interruption insurance proceeds, if any, and Net Cash Proceeds
attributable to Dispositions out of the ordinary course of business
if any, of the Consolidated Parties during such period to the
extent not included in Consolidated EBITDA for such period and not
required to be utilized in connection with a payment made or to be
made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii) , minus
;
(b) the sum (for such fiscal year) of (i) Consolidated
Interest Charges actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, plus (ii) all income taxes actually paid
in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, plus
(iii) Capital Expenditures of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for such period paid in cash, plus (iv) the aggregate
amount of all required principal payments or redemptions or similar
acquisitions for value of outstanding Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness (including the Loans), but excluding any such payments
to the extent refinanced through the incurrence of additional
Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted under
Section 7.02 , plus (v) the aggregate
principal amount of all optional prepayments made in cash pursuant
to Section 2.03(a) hereof with internally generated
funds during such period, plus (vi) the aggregate
amount of all Restricted Payments in cash during such period made
in accordance with Section 7.06 .
" Excluded Issuance " by any Person means (i) an
issuance and sale of an Equity Interest in such Person in
connection with employment agreements and stock option or employee
compensation agreements approved by the board of directors of
Holdings or an issuance of shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person upon the exercise of
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase of such capital
stock (or other ownership or profit interest), (ii) an
issuance of an Equity Interest upon exchange of the Debentures or
any other exchangeable or convertible debt security, and
(iii) any sales of Equity Interests that occur no later than
March 31, 2007, to the extent the net proceeds are no greater
than $100,000,000.
" Excluded Taxes " means, with respect to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its
overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes
imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending
Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the
United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction
in which the Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 11.13 ), any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a
new Lending Office) or is attributable to
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such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability
(other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with
Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that such
Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time
of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) and
(d) in the case of any non-Foreign Lender which changes its
Lending Office with respect to the Loans to an office outside the
United States, any taxes that are in effect and would apply to a
payment to such Lender as of the date of the change of the lending
office.
" Facility " means, at any time, (a) on or prior to
the Funding Date, the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such
time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the
Loans of all Lenders outstanding at such time.
" Federal Funds Rate " means, for any day, the rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next
succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is
not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day
as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and
(b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of
1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
" Fee Letter " means the letter agreement, dated
September 25, 2006, among the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Arranger.
" Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement " has the
meaning specified in Section 5.12(d) .
" Foreign Lender " means any Lender that is organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the
Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District
of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
" Foreign Plan " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.12(d) .
" Fractional Share Payments " has the meaning specified
in Section 7.06(f) .
" FRB " means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States.
" Fujitsu " means Fujitsu Microelectronics Holdings,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
" Fujitsu Limited " means Fujitsu Limited, a company
organized under the laws of Japan.
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" Fund " means any Person (other than a
natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business.
" Funding Date " means the first date all the conditions
precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with Section 11.01 .
" GAAP " means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements
of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles
as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied. !
" Governmental Authority " means the government of the
United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision
thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank).
" Granting Lender " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.06(h) .
" Guarantee " means, as to any Person, any
(a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another
Person (the " primary obligor ") in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such
Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness
or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in
respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or
performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of
any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The
amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term " Guarantee " as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
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" Guarantors " means, collectively,
Holdings, the Subsidiaries of Holdings listed on Schedule
6.12 and each other Subsidiary of Holdings that shall be
required to execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement
pursuant to Section 6.12 .
" Guaranty " means, collectively, the Guaranty made by
Holdings under Article X in favor of the Secured Parties and
the Guaranty made by the other Guarantors in favor of the Secured
Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E , together
with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant
to Section 6.12 .
" Hazardous Materials " means all explosive or
radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic
substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or
petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant
to any Environmental Law.
" Hedge Bank " means any Person that, at the time it
enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate
of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge
Agreement.
" Holdings " has the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
" Indebtedness " means, as to any Person at a particular
time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not
included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with
GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes,
loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations
of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby
and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties,
surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in
the ordinary course of business and not past due for more than 90
days after the date on which such trade account was created);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by
a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person
(including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other
title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall
have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized
Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person and all
Synthetic Debt of such Person;
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(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of
any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person or any
warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued,
in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of
its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus
accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other
than a joint venture that is itself a corporation, limited
liability company or similar legal entity) in which such Person is
a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is
expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net
obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to
be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.
" Indemnified Taxes " means Taxes other than Excluded
Taxes.
" Indemnitees " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.04(b) .
" Indenture Restricted Payment Terms " means the
restrictions contained in Section 4.10 of the Senior Notes
Indenture.
" Independent Financial Advisor " means an investment
banking firm of national standing or any third-party appraiser with
national standing in the United States, provided that such
firm of appraiser is not an Affiliate of Holdings.
" Information " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.07 .
" Information Memorandum " means the information
memorandum dated September, 2006 used by the Arranger in connection
with the syndication of the Commitments.
" Intercreditor Agreement " means an intercreditor
agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Administrative
Agent and the Revolving Credit Agent, and acknowledged and agreed
to by the Borrower, Holdings, and the other Loan Parties,
substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.
" Interest Payment Date " means, (a) as to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under
which such Loan was made; provided , however , that
if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three
months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment
Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day
of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date
of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
" Interest Period " means, as to each Eurodollar Rate
Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan
is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice;
provided that:
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(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end
on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another
calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of
a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of
the Facility under which such Loan was made.
" Investment " means, as to any Person, any direct or
indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means
of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests
of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution
to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or
(c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute
a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of,
such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any
Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of
such Investment.
" IP Rights " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.17 .
" IRS " means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
" Joinder Agreement " means a Joinder Agreement executed
and delivered in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.12 , substantially in the form of Exhibit
J hereto.
" JV1/JV2 Facility " means that certain factory located
at 6,5-4,5-11,31-6 Kogyodanchi Monden-machi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi,
Fukushima Japan and that certain power plant and office at 4
Kogyodanchi Monden-machi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima Japan, and
all appurtenant and related fixtures, property and equipment at
such locations.
" Laws " means, collectively, all international, foreign,
Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines,
regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with
the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
" Lender " has the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
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" Lending Office " means, as to any
Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in
such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
" Lien " means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest
or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or
other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
" Liquidity " means, as of any date of determination, the
difference of (a) the sum of all cash and Cash Equivalents
plus Accounts Receivable, minus (b) the product of
(i) the principal amount outstanding under the Revolving
Credit Agreement times (ii) 1.5.
" Loan " means an advance made by any Lender under
Article II .
" Loan Documents " means, collectively, (a) for
purposes of this Agreement and the Notes and all other
purposes other than for purposes of the Guaranty, any Joinder
Agreement, any of the Collateral Documents and Sections 6.12
and 8.03 of this Agreement, (i) this Agreement,
(ii) each Note, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) each
Collateral Document, (v) the Fee Letter, and
(vi) each Joinder Agreement and (b) for purposes of the
Guaranty, each Joinder Agreement, each Collateral Document and
Sections 6.12 and 8.03 of this Agreement,
(i) each document under clause (a) of this
definition, (ii) each Secured Hedge Agreement and
(iii) each Secured Cash Management Agreement.
" Loan Parties " means, collectively, the Borrower and
each Guarantor.
" Material Adverse Effect " means (a) a material
adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the
operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or
contingent), or financial condition of the Borrower or the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material
impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of any
Loan Party to perform its material obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse
effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it is a party.
" Material Contract " means, with respect to any Person,
each contract to which such Person is a party which is material to
the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance or properties of such Person.
" Material Subsidiary " means any direct or indirect
Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings which (a) has total assets
equal to or greater than 2% of Total Assets (calculated as of the
most recent fiscal period with respect to which the Lenders shall
have received financial statements required to be delivered
pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b) (or if
prior to delivery of any financial statements pursuant to such
Sections, then calculated with respect to the year end
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financial statements referenced in
Section 5.05(a)) (the "Required Financial
Information")) or (b) has income equal to or greater than 2%
of Consolidated Net Income (calculated for the most recent period
for which the Lenders have received the Required Financial
Information); provided , however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Material Subsidiary" shall
mean each of those Domestic Subsidiaries that together with
Holdings and each other Material Subsidiary (i) have assets
equal to not less than 90% of Total Assets (calculated as described
above) and (ii) generate not less than 90% of Consolidated Net
Income of the Consolidated Parties; provided further
that if more than one combination of Subsidiaries satisfies such
threshold, then those Subsidiaries so determined to be "Material
Subsidiaries" shall be specified by the Borrower.
" Maturity Date " means November 3, 2012;
provided , however , that, if such date is not a
Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding
Business Day.
" Measurement Period " means, at any date of
determination, the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of
Holdings or, if fewer than four consecutive fiscal quarters of
Holdings have been completed since the Funding Date, the fiscal
quarters of Holdings that have been completed since the Funding
Date.
" Moody’s " means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. and any successor thereto.
" Mortgage " has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(iv) .
" Mortgage Policy " has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(iv)(B) .
" Multiemployer Plan " means any employee benefit plan of
the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or
been obligated to make contributions.
" Net Cash Proceeds " means:
(a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash
and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction
(including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred
payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum
of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is
secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid
in connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under
the Loan Documents), (B) the reasonable and customary
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such
Subsidiary in connection with such transaction and (C) income
taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable within two years
of the date of the relevant transaction as a result of any gain
recognized in connection therewith; provided that, if the
amount of any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause
(C) exceeds the amount of taxes actually required to be paid
in cash in respect of such Disposition, the aggregate amount of
such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
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(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any
Equity Interest by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or
the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash
and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction
over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and
other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection
therewith.
" Note " means a promissory note made by the Borrower in
favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
" NPL " means the National Priorities List under
CERCLA.
" Obligations " means all advances to, and debts,
liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party
arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any
Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws
naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of
whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding.
" Organization Documents " means, (a) with respect
to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation
and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents
with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect
to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of
formation or organization and operating agreement; and
(c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or
other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or
other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any
agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed
in connection with its formation or organization with the
applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its
formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or
articles of formation or organization of such entity.
" Other Taxes " means all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any
other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
" Outstanding Amount " means the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans on any date after giving effect to any
borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such
date.
" Participant " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.06(d) .
" PBGC " means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
" PCAOB " means the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board.
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" Pension Plan " means any "employee
pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(2)
of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a
multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a)
of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately
preceding five plan years.
" Perfection Certificate " has the meaning given such
term in Section 1.03 of the Security Agreement.
" Permitted Encumbrances " has the meaning specified in
the Mortgages.
" Permitted Tax Payment " means the payment of any
dividend or distribution to Holdings in an amount not to exceed the
then maximum Federal, state and local income tax liabilities
arising from income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
attributable to Holdings. Each tax distribution shall be calculated
and distributed so that Holdings shall receive a tax distribution
sufficient to pay the income taxes required to be paid (after
giving effect to any income tax credits, losses carried forward, or
similar reductions to income taxes due) in respect of the relevant
period.
" Person " means any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company,
partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
" Plan " means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term
is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the
Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.
" Platform " has the meaning specified in
Section 6.02 .
" Pledged Debt " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01 of the Security Agreement.
" Pledged Equity " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01 of the Security Agreement.
" Pro Forma Basis " has the meaning specified in
Section 1.03 .
" Register " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.06(c) .
" Registered Public Accounting Firm " has the meaning
specified by the Securities Laws and shall be independent of
Holdings as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
" Related Parties " means, with respect to any Person,
such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person’s Affiliates.
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" Reportable Event " means any of the
events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
events for which the 30 day notice period has been
waived.
" Request for Credit Extension " means with respect to a
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Committed Loan
Notice.
" Required Lenders " means, as of any date of
determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Outstanding
Amount provided that the portion of the Outstanding
Amount held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
" Responsible Officer " means the chief executive
officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant
treasurer or controller of a Loan Party. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party
shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of
such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
" Restricted Payment " means any dividend or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with
respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or
similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of
any return of capital to any Person’s stockholders, partners
or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other
distribution or payment.
" Revolving Credit Agent " means Bank of America, N.A.,
in its capacity as agent for the lenders under the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
" Revolving Credit Agreement " means that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of September 19, 2005 among the Borrower,
Holdings, the Revolving Credit Agent, and a syndicate of
lenders.
" Revolving Credit Loan Documents " means the Revolving
Credit Agreement and the other "Loan Documents" as defined
therein.
" S&P " means Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and any successor thereto.
" Sarbanes-Oxley " means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
" SEC " means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
" Secured Cash Management Agreement " means any Cash
Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the
Borrower and any Cash Management Bank.
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" Secured Hedge Agreement " means any
interest rate Swap Contract required or permitted under Article
VI or VII that is entered into by and between the
Borrower and any Hedge Bank.
" Secured Parties " means, collectively, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Cash
Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the
Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to
Section 9.05 , and the other Persons the Obligations
owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral
under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
" Securities Laws " means the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the applicable
accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices
promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.
" Security Agreement " means the pledge and security
agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit F ,
together with each other pledge and security agreement and pledge
and security agreement supplement delivered pursuant to
Section 6.12 .
" Security Agreement Supplement " has the meaning
specified in Section 1.01 of the Security
Agreement.
" Senior Notes " means the 11.25% senior notes of the
Borrower due 2016 in an original aggregate principal amount of
$250,000,000 issued and sold pursuant to the Senior Notes
Documents.
" Senior Notes Indenture " means the Indenture dated as
of December 21, 2005 by and among the Borrower, Holdings,
Spansion Technology Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
trustee.
" Senior Notes Documents " means (i) the Senior
Notes Indenture, (ii) the Senior Notes and (iii) all
other agreements, instruments and other documents pursuant to which
the Senior Notes have been or will be issued or otherwise setting
forth the terms of the Senior Notes.
" Solvent " and " Solvency " mean, with respect to
any Person on any date of determination, that on such date
(a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater
than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent
liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable
value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on
its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person
does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts
or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts
and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged
in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in
business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such
Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent
obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary
course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any
time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the
facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the
amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability.
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" SP1 Facilities " means that certain
fabrication facility located in Japan and any other 300mm
manufacturing facility owned by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary.
" SPC " has the meaning specified in
Section 11.06(h) .
" Subsidiary " of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or
other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management
of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a " Subsidiary
" or to " Subsidiaries " shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of Holdings.
" Swap Contract " means (a) any and all rate swap
transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward
rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond
or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap
transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency
swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency
options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter
into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any
and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations,
which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by,
any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such
master agreement, together with any related schedules, a "
Master Agreement "), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
" Swap Termination Value " means, in respect of any one
or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any
legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap
Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined
in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and
(b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a),
the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such
Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or
other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any
Affiliate of a Lender).
" Synthetic Debt " means, with respect to any Person as
of any date of determination thereof, all obligations of such
Person in respect of transactions entered into by such Person that
are intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds
(including any minority interest transactions that function
primarily as a borrowing) but are not otherwise included in the
definition of " Indebtedness " or as a liability on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.
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" Synthetic Lease Obligation " means the
monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called
synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an
agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and
leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do
not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the
application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be
characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to
accounting treatment).
" Taxes " means all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or
other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any
interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
" Total Assets " means, with respect to any date of
determination, Holdings’ total consolidated assets shown on
its consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP on the last
day of the fiscal quarter prior to the date of determination.
" Transaction " means, collectively, (a) the
entering into by the Loan Parties and their applicable Subsidiaries
of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a
party and (b) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the consummation of the foregoing.
" Type " means, with respect to a Loan, its character as
a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
" UCC " means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the
effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of New York, " UCC " means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of
the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of
perfection or non-perfection or priority.
" Unfunded Pension Liability " means an "accumulated
funding deficiency" within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA
or Section 412 of the Code.
" United States " and " U.S. " mean the United
States of America.
" U.S. Loan Party " means any Loan Party that is
organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States
of America and that is not a CFC.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions . With
reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless
otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words " include ,"
" includes " and " including " shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation." The word " will
" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the
word " shall ." Unless the context requires otherwise,
(i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other
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document (including any Organization Document)
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(iii) the words " herein ," " hereof " and "
hereunder ," and words of similar import when used in any
Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in
its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof,
(iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections,
Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed
to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements,
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such
references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include
all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or
regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words " asset " and " property "
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a later specified date, the word " from " means " from
and including ;" the words " to " and " until "
each mean " to but excluding ;" and the word "
through " means " to and including ."
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are
included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms . (a) Generally
. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined
herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial
data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations)
required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as
in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with
that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements,
except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP
would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement
set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend
such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the
Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended,
(i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the
Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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(c) Pro Forma Calculations .
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any calculation of
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for any Measurement Period during
which an Acquisition or Disposition shall have occurred (or shall
be deemed to have occurred for the purposes described in clause
(iii) of this Section 1.03(c) ) shall each be
made on a Pro Forma Basis for purposes of making the following
determinations:
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(i) determining the applicable pricing level under the
definitions of "Applicable Rate" and "Applicable Commitment Fee
Percentage";
(ii) determining compliance with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
(other than whether the conditions precedent for a proposed
transaction have been satisfied as contemplated by subsection
(iii) of this Section 1.03(c) );
(iii) determining whether the conditions precedent have been
satisfied for a proposed transaction which is permitted hereunder
only so long as no Default will result from the consummation
thereof, including, without limitation, any Disposition or any
Investment which results in an Acquisition; and
(iv) determining whether a mandatory prepayment is required to
be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(iii) or
(iv) .
" Pro Forma Basis " means, for purposes of calculating
any financial ratio (including the Consolidated Leverage Ratio) or
financial amount for any Measurement Period for any of the purposes
specified in this Section 1.03(c) , and with respect to
each proposed Acquisition or Disposition and each such transaction
actually consummated in such Measurement Period, that such
financial ratio or financial amount shall be calculated on a pro
forma basis based on the following assumptions: (a) each such
transaction shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of
such Measurement Period; (b) any funds to be used by any
Person in consummating any such transaction will be assumed to have
been used for that purpose as of the first day of such Measurement
Period; (c) any Indebtedness to be incurred by any Person in
connection with the consummation of any such transaction will be
assumed to have been incurred on the first day of such Measurement
Period; (d) the gross interest expenses, determined in
accordance with GAAP, with respect to such Indebtedness assumed to
have been incurred on the first day of such Measurement Period that
bears interest at a floating rate shall be calculated at the
current rate (as of the date of such calculation) under the
agreement governing such Indebtedness (including this Agreement if
the Indebtedness is incurred hereunder); and (e) any gross
interest expense, determined in accordance with GAAP, with respect
to Indebtedness outstanding during such Measurement Period that was
or is to be refinanced with proceeds of a transaction assumed to
have been incurred as of the first day of the Measurement Period
will be excluded from such calculations (and to the extent not
already excluded pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, the
principal amount of such Indebtedness shall be excluded). "Pro
Forma Basis" may also include such adjustments for expected
cost savings as are permitted under Regulation S-X of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.
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1.04 Rounding . Any financial
ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component
by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than
the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a
rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05 Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified,
all references herein to times of day shall be references to
Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06 Currency Equivalents Generally . Any amount
specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II ,
IX and X ) or any of the other Loan Documents to be
in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any
currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the
applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at
such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the
purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of this
Section 1.07 , the " Spot Rate " for a currency
means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate
for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another
currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at
approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the
date of such determination; provided that the Administrative
Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such
capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot
buying rate for any such currency.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 The Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to
the Borrower on the Funding Date in an amount not to exceed such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Facility. The Borrowing
shall consist of Loans made simultaneously by the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the
Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 and
repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Loans may be Base Rate
Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of
Loans .
(a) Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations Generally .
Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the
other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made
upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery
to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Each Borrowing
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of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or
conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each
Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify
(i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the
Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which
shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans
to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans
to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and
(v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in
a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely
notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable
Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such
automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of
the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to
the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a
Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an
Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest
Period of one month.
(b) Notice to Lenders and Funding of Borrowings .
Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its
Applicable Percentage under the Facility of the Loans, and if no
timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in
Section 2.02(a) . In the case of a Borrowing, each
Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in
like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by
(i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank
of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer
of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions
provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent
by the Borrower.
(c) Eurodollar Rate Loans . Except as otherwise provided
herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only
on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested
as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the
consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) Notice of Interest Rate . The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest
rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of
America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.
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(e) Maximum Interest Periods . After
giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type,
there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in
effect in respect of the Facility.
2.03 Prepayments .
(a) Optional . The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily
prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (A) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three
Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate
Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans;
(B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire
principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Facility to
which such prepayment shall apply and the Type(s) of Loans to be
prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the
Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and
of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such
prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in
respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the
Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid,
together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05 . Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) shall be applied to
the principal repayment installments of the Loan on a pro-rata
basis, and each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect
of the Facility.
(b) Mandatory .
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(i) Excess Cash Flow . Within five Business Days after
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate
has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b), the
Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal
to (A) if Holdings’ Consolidated Leverage Ratio is
greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1, 75% of Excess Cash Flow or
(B) if Holdings’ Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less
than 2.00 to 1, 50% of Excess Cash Flow; in each case, for the
fiscal year covered by such financial statements (such prepayments
to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(ii) Dispositions . If any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries disposes of any property (other than any Disposition
of any property permitted by Section 7.05(a) through
(h) ) in a single or series of related transactions which
results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds in
excess of $5,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate
principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds
immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments
to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below);
provided , however , that, with respect to any Net
Cash
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Proceeds realized under a Disposition described
in this Section 2.03(b)(ii) , at the election of the
Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
on or prior to the date of such Disposition), and so long as no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Loan Party or
such Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash
Proceeds in operating assets so long as within 360 days after the
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such purchase shall have been
consummated (as certified by the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent); and provided further ,
however , that any Net Cash Proceeds not subject to such
definitive agreement or so reinvested shall be immediately applied
to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this
Section 2.03(b)(ii) .
(iii) Equity Issuance . Upon the sale or issuance by any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any of its Equity
Interests (other than (A) Excluded Issuances and (B) any
sales or issuances of Equity Interests to another Loan Party), the
Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal
to 50% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon
receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (such
prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause
(v) below).
(iv) Debt Issuance . Upon the incurrence or issuance by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or
issued pursuant to Section 7.02 ), the Borrower shall
prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all
Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt
thereof by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (such prepayments to
be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(v) Application of Prepayments Generally . Each
prepayment of Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.03(b) or Section 6.07(b) shall be
applied to the remaining principal repayment installments of the
Facility on a pro-rata basis.
(c) Prepayment Accounts . Amounts to be applied as
provided in clause (b) above to the prepayment of Loans shall
be applied first to reduce outstanding Base Rate Loans. Any amounts
remaining after each such application shall, at the option of the
Borrower, be applied to prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans immediately
and/or shall be deposited in a separate Prepayment Account (as
defined below) for such Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Administrative
Agent shall apply any cash deposited in the Prepayment Account to
prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of their respective
Interest Periods (or, at the direction of the Borrower, on any
earlier date) until all outstanding Loans have been prepaid or
until all the allocable cash on deposit in the Prepayment Account
has been exhausted. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Prepayment Account" for any Loans shall mean an account
established by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent and over
which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and
control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal for
application in accordance with this clause (c). The Administrative
Agent will, at the request of the Borrower, invest amounts on
deposit in the Prepayment Account in Cash Equivalents selected by
the Borrower that mature prior to the last day of the applicable
Interest Periods of the Eurodollar Rate Loans to be prepaid;
provided , however , that (i) the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to make
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any investment that, in its sole judgment, would
require or cause the Administrative Agent to be in, or would result
in any, violation of any Law, (ii) such Cash Equivalents shall
be subjected to a first priority perfected security interest in
favor of the Administrative Agent and (iii) if any Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the selection of
such Cash Equivalents shall be in the sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent for any losses relating to such investments in
Cash Equivalents so that the amount available to prepay Eurodollar
Rate Loans on the last day of the applicable Interest Periods is
not less than the amount that would have been available had no
investments been made pursuant thereto. Interest or profits, if
any, on the investments in any Prepayment Account shall accumulate
in such Prepayment Account. If the maturity of the Loans has been
accelerated pursuant to Section 8.02 , the
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, apply such funds
to satisfy any of the Obligations. The Borrower hereby pledges and
assigns to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the
benefit of the Lenders, each Prepayment Account established to
secure the Obligations.
(d) Senior Notes Documents . Anything contained in
Section 2.03(b) to the contrary notwithstanding,
(i) if, following the occurrence of any " Asset Sale "
(as such term is defined in the Senior Notes Documents) by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrower is required to apply
or cause its Subsidiaries to apply an amount equal to any of the "
Net Available Cash " (as defined in the Senior Notes
Documents) thereof in a particular manner, or to apply by a
particular date (an " Application Date ") an amount equal to
any such " Net Available Cash " in a particular manner, in
either case in order to excuse the Borrower from being required to
make a " Prepayment Offer " (as defined in the Senior Notes
Documents in connection with such " Asset Sale ", and the
Borrower shall have failed to so apply an amount equal to such "
Net Available Cash " at least 90 days before the applicable
Application Date, or (ii) if the Borrower at any other time
shall have failed to apply or cause to be applied an amount equal
to any such " Net Available Cash ", and, within 90 days
thereafter assuming no further application of an amount equal to
such " Net Available Cash " the Borrower would otherwise be
required to make a " Prepayment Offer " in respect thereof,
then in either such case the Borrower shall immediately pay or
cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to
such " Net Available Cash " to be applied to the payment of
the Loans in the manner set forth in Section 2.03(b) in
such amounts as shall excuse the Borrower from making any such "
Prepayment Offer ".
2.04 Termination or Reduction of Commitments . The
aggregate Commitments shall be automatically and permanently
reduced to zero immediately after the Borrowing.
2.05 Repayment of Loans . The Borrower shall repay
to the Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Loans in
quarterly installments in the amount of $1,000,000 on the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December (which
amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in
Section 2.03 ) beginning June 30, 2007;
provided , however , that the final principal
repayment installment of the Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity
Date for the Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such
date.
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2.06 Interest . (a)
Interest Rates . Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.08(b) , (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan
under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; and
(ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility.
(b) Default Rate . (i) If any amount of principal of
any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable
grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by
the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without
regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of
the Required Lenders such amount shall thereafter bear interest at
a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event
of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal
amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including
interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon
demand.
(c) Interest Payment Date . Interest on each Loan shall
be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified
herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance
with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and
after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law.
2.07 Fees .
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the
amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall
have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at
the times so specified.
2.08 Computation of Interest and Fees . All
computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is
determined by Bank of America’s "prime rate" shall be made on
the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest
shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).
Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan
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made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any
portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is
paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day
on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.10(a) ,
bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative
Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.09 Evidence of Debt . (a) Accounts and
Records of Credit Extensions . The Credit Extensions made by
each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records
maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent
manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the
Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any
failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however,
limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the
event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained
by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to
such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall
evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or
records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse
thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its
Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) Accounts and Records of Purchases and Sales . In the
event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained
by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any
Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error.
2.10 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s
Clawback .
(a) General . All payments to be made by the Borrower
shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim,
defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be
made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective
Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds
not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The
Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its
Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other
applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds
as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.
All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.
shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and
any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any
payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other
than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following
Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on
computing interest or fees, as the case may be. Upon written or
verbal authorization from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
may automatically deduct from any deposit account designated by the
Borrower and held with the Administrative Agent the amount of any
principal, interest or fees when due hereunder or under the other
Loan Documents.
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(b) Funding Presumptions .
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(i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative
Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that
such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on
such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the
case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made
such share available in accordance with and at the time required by
Section 2.02 ) and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.
In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then
the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available
to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be
made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by
the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and
(B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and
such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for
the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by
the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount
so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice
to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have
failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative
Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from the Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is
due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders the
amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made
such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders severally agrees
to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount
so distributed to such Lender, in immediately available funds with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to
the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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A notice of the Administrative Agent to any
Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this
subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent . If any
Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any
Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II , and such funds are not made
available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds
(in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender,
without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several . The obligations of
the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant
to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under
Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall
not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do
so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment
under Section 11.04(c) .
(e) Funding Source . Nothing herein shall be deemed to
obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any
particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan
in any particular place or manner.
(f) Insufficient Funds . If at any time insufficient
funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to
pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first ,
toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts
of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii)
second , toward payment of principal then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of principal then due to such parties.
2.11 Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or
otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in
respect of the Facility due and payable to such Lender hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its
ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount
of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to
(ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the
Facility due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the
Obligations in respect of the Facility due and payable to all
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time
obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in
respect of the Facility owing (but not due and payable) to such
Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in
excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of
(i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and
payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii)
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the aggregate amount of the Obligations in
respect of the Facility owing (but not due and payable) to all
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time)
of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the
Facility owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of
the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses
(a) and (b) above, the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such
fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations
in the Loans, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable,
so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
Obligations in respect of the Facility then due and payable to the
Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the
case may be, provided that:
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(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are
purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto
is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to
apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and
in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or
(B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section
shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the
extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff
and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if
such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount
of such participation.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes . (a) Payments Free of Taxes .
Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower or Holdings hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or
withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
provided that if the Borrower shall be required by
applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other
Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case
may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or
Holdings, as the case may be, shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall
timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower and
Holdings . Without limiting the provisions of subsection
(a) above, the Borrower and Holdings shall timely pay any
Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrower and Holdings . The
Borrower and Holdings shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the
amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments . As soon as reasonably
practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
by the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, to a Governmental
Authority, the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified
copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other
evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders . Any Foreign Lender that is
entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under
the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower or Holdings, as
the case may be, is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to
which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the
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